Posted: 1/29/2011 9:38:07 AM EDT
When the weather is nice, these guys are usually out Saturday mornings flying down here in South Florida. Their flight pattern usually takes them right over my house, so I grabbed my crappy little camera (I really need to get a decent one) and got a couple of pictures. They didn't have the big planes out this time, although they had a great group flying today. Passed directly overhead 4 to 5 times today. There is nothing like the sound these guys make when flying overhead.     |
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There is a small squadron of Messerschmitt BF-109's based at an airport about 20 miles from here. They that fly over my home . There's also a group of P-51's that flies out of my local airport. They also have a P-37 or two. Where is here? Are the Messerschmitts the Spanish Air Force version with the Rolls-Merlin engine? Those birds were the ones used in filming the classic movie, The Battle of Britain. |
I spent most of my youth under Final Approach at naval air stations back in the day when they were flying AD Skyraiders, P2V Neptunes, S2 Trackers, T-28 Trojans, SNJ trainers, Martin Mariner seaplanes, and so on and so on. Untold thousands of overhead passes of those radial engines permanently burned the sound into my brain.  |
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There is a small squadron of Messerschmitt BF-109's based at an airport about 20 miles from here. They that fly over my home . There's also a group of P-51's that flies out of my local airport. They also have a P-37 or two. Where is here? Are the Messerschmitts the Spanish Air Force version with the Rolls-Merlin engine? Those birds were the ones used in filming the classic movie, The Battle of Britain. Spanish planes in the BoB movie were the Me.108 German planes in the BoB were Me.109 ....got off the coach from London one day about 20 years back....lived in a small town in Oxfordhire near a couple of RAF bases. JUST as I stepped off the coach I heard a strange aircraft engine noise - as in - "never heard one of them before" noises - it was the me.109G making its first flight following restoration work Very cool to see in the air - though a Rolls Royce Merlin engine is THE only way to travel for prop. aircraft!! |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: There is a small squadron of Messerschmitt BF-109's based at an airport about 20 miles from here. They that fly over my home . There's also a group of P-51's that flies out of my local airport. They also have a P-37 or two. Where is here? Are the Messerschmitts the Spanish Air Force version with the Rolls-Merlin engine? Those birds were the ones used in filming the classic movie, The Battle of Britain. Spanish planes in the BoB movie were the Me.108 German planes in the BoB were Me.109 ....got off the coach from London one day about 20 years back....lived in a small town in Oxfordhire near a couple of RAF bases. JUST as I stepped off the coach I heard a strange aircraft engine noise - as in - "never heard one of them before" noises - it was the me.109G making its first flight following restoration work Very cool to see in the air - though a Rolls Royce Merlin engine is THE only way to travel for prop. aircraft!! Was that Black Six making that flight? (Too lazy to get my book and look it up) |
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There is a small squadron of Messerschmitt BF-109's based at an airport about 20 miles from here. They that fly over my home . There's also a group of P-51's that flies out of my local airport. They also have a P-37 or two. Where is here? Are the Messerschmitts the Spanish Air Force version with the Rolls-Merlin engine? Those birds were the ones used in filming the classic movie, The Battle of Britain. Spanish planes in the BoB movie were the Me.108 German planes in the BoB were Me.109 ....got off the coach from London one day about 20 years back....lived in a small town in Oxfordhire near a couple of RAF bases. JUST as I stepped off the coach I heard a strange aircraft engine noise - as in - "never heard one of them before" noises - it was the me.109G making its first flight following restoration work Very cool to see in the air - though a Rolls Royce Merlin engine is THE only way to travel for prop. aircraft!! Wrong. The Spanish 109 was the Hispano Aviación HA-1112. See here. The Merlin powered one was the HA-1112-M1L |
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